Reforms and Counter-Reforms in Bolivia

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This paper analyzes reforms and counter-reforms in Bolivia in recent decades and their effects on the policymaking process (PMP) and productivity. Bolivia’s PMP has shifted from a formal representative democracy to a “participative and direct type of democracy” where street protest and other non-conventional forms of political participation have become dominant. While reforms have increased productivity, they have failed to secure the political support necessary to assure long-term sustainability. In contrast, counter-reforms have so far enjoyed extensive political support, but productivity has stagnated since this process started, with declining economic growth and job creation—developments likely to undermine support for the counter-reform process. The document stresses the need to rebuild a consensus around a PMP capable of increasing productivity and employment creation while restoring social cohesion.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IDB Working Paper Series ; No. IDB-WP-103

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; General Economics: General ; Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination ; Studies of Particular Policy Episodes ; Planning Models; Planning Policy ; Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence ; Economywide Country Studies: Latin America; Caribbean
• Thema: Bolivia ; Productivity ; Policy Making Process ; Reform ; Counter-Reform

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Jemio, Luis Carlos ; Candia, Fernando ; Evia, Jose Luis
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• (wo): Washington, DC
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/89148
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ